Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
quote
IPA transcription: [kw'oʊt]
Pronunciations of quote
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verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
quote, cite
Meaning:
repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
Usage examples
We quote engineer Anderson's story:
I quote the story in his own words:
To quote again from "Mary's" letter:--
I can quote to you thousands of instances....
On this subject we may again quote William James.
We quote the following from the "Percy Anecdotes:"--
Do not quote poetry; do not ask people's opinions on delicate and individual questions.
Next there followed a few reflections of a correctitude so remarkable that I have no choice but to quote them.
This Ballade is the companion of the Fantaisie-Polonaise, but as a Ballade "fully worthy of its sisters," to quote Niecks.
In other words, only those passages in the bible are authentic which the clergy quote; those which the rationalists quote are spurious.
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Thomas Jefferson
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